Should higher seeded teams get 2 home games awarded in playoffs?

• Thinthickbigred

  With a 5 game playoff format I believe that higher seeded teams should be awarded 2 home playoff games .Also a 5 seed could fight its way into a second round home game . WVA plays higher seed gets home game up till the title game . I am only suggesting 2 games
• coyotes22

  

  No, one week is good enough.
  
  But they should make the "neutral" sites more "neutral"
• Thinthickbigred

  I do agree with the neutral sites should be more neutral .One of my other reasons for having two home games awarded for high seeds is logistics. Remember it used to be 3 playoff games then it went to 4 and now 5 . Way way back it was 2 playoff games . Logistically speaking Big Red often gets a home game and we have many many many more points than even the second place team but each year once we get into the second round we so very often have to play in the other team backyard . Our fans end up traveling 2 and 3 time and even 4 times as far as the opposing teams and this happens consistantly. Maybe it is our location . All you have to do is a little investigation anybody who doubts what I say.
• Darkon

  

  They should have the gas money since they don't spend any all year. LOL
• outdoorsman

  coyotes22;515434 wrote:No, one week is good enough.
  
  But they should make the "neutral" sites more "neutral"

  Im with you on this.
• Thinthickbigred

  Also Coyotes , You guys are so much more centrally located . Heck you guys might only have to travel once outside your imediate area . Like to go to Toledo. We will end up with a bunch more points than Marlington and will probably face them in Canton . Which is right down the road for them .Unless Austintown is open . With so many teams in the playoffs these days We are either stuck in a shoebox or have to travel 3 times the opposition . I wouldnt mind if we were the lower seed . But we play all the big teams during the reg season and we get beat up and we deserve like so many others some consideration . We have been a cash cow for the OSHAA for a long time . They took care of Stark county and Massillon and you deserved it but so do others
• Thinthickbigred

  Darkon;515451 wrote:They should have the gas money since they don't spend any all year. LOL

  
  How about somebody else then ? I am not speaking just for Steubenville . Howabout if you cant have the second round game in your own stadium then the higher seeded team gets to bid for the venue in which they play?
• Darkon

  

  Thinthickbigred;515477 wrote:How about somebody else then ? I am not speaking just for Steubenville . Howabout if you cant have the second round game in your own stadium then the higher seeded team gets to bid for the venue in which they play?

  
  It was a joke.
  I agree with the one game format. For selfish reasons I would not mind 2 since Big Red is ussually the only one playing in our area.
• Thinthickbigred

  I know I am going to get intellegent feedbacks . How bout some not so smart azz remarks. If Edison for instance gets a second round game and they are the higher seed Id like to see them pick Harding stadium to play in instead of going to Canton to play say Canal Fulton Northwest which is 5 minutes from Canton. My idea is for everybody . I am not being self serving here . I did use Steubenville for an example but naturally you guys think we play enough home games . Bridgeport people do you guys want to play Newark Catholic in Zanseville in the second round if your the higher seed or would you like to pick St Clairsville instead? Shadyside same question to you
• Darkon

  

  Thinthickbigred;515494 wrote:I know I am going to get intellegent feedbacks . How bout some not so smart azz remarks. If Edison for instance gets a second round game and they are the higher seed Id like to see them pick Harding stadium to play in instead of going to Canton to play say Canal Fulton Northwest which is 5 minutes from Canton. My idea is for everybody . I am not being self serving here . I did use Steubenville for an example but naturally you guys think we play enough home games . Bridgeport people do you guys want to play Newark Catholic in Zanseville in the second round if your the higher seed or would you like to pick St Clairsville instead? Shadyside same question to you

  
  To me a more neutral site is a better option than 2 home games. Only so many stadiums with turf that are not always so neutral. The turf seems to be an OHSAA preference.
• coyotes22

  

  Thin,,,,,, I see what you are saying, but, I still dont think a top 4 team should get two home games.
  
  Massillon is the only Stark county school that, if we make the playoffs, never plays a playoff game in Stark county. We usually have to go to Akron, used to go to Mansfield. And have even played Toledo Teams in Cleveland.
  
  A couple years ago, GlenOak, Hoover and McKinley played all their playoff games in Stark county, at either Fawcett or PBTS.
  
  I know how you feel, but, like I said, "neutral" sites need to be more neutral for everyone. And with more teams going to turf, it should not be that difficult to find a site thats is a neutral field.
• skank

  

  Do you cheer for the same Massillon team I do coyot? Just last year Massillon played at Home, in Fawcett, and twice at Infocision vs Mck and Glenville, I'd say those were both pretty neutral. In 06 we played at Perry and played Toledo in Parma. And in 05 we played at Home, Findlay at Mansfield, twice at the Rubber Bowl vs McK and St. Eds, and for the championship at Fawcett.
  
  TT84, remember, as far as the OHSAA is concerned, $ talks. If they have Steubenville playing a team in, or somewhat close to Stark County, they know you guys will bring a large following, and, if their team isn't playing, Stark Countonians will venture out to see em. So, if they have the chance to put you guys in a 4-6,000 seat stadium, and make a few bucks with 4-6,000 people, or put you in a 24,000 seat stadium and draw 7-10,000 people, what do you think they are going to do?
• d.woods50fan.

  

  I do agree that the "neutral sites" are a joke like I beleive in 1999 against poland in Austintown ... Hows that neutral? . I do enjoy a good road trip (when steubenville invades your town crime rate goes up 20% j/k) . Finding new places to eat are always a plus also. My only problem with the sites is that OHSAA and most of eastern Ohio knows how well STEUBENVILLE travels but yet sometimes BIG RED is put in a small stadium with little seating.
• Thinthickbigred

  in pennsylvania the higher seed gets 4 home games and then plays at Hienz and then onto Hershy Park. In other words a team may play a away game upset somebody then play at home then away then home . WVA higher seed plays at home till title game. Total of 3 playoff games smaller state I know . Pa is 6 playoff games . What does Texas and Florida do . What does Indiana ,Kentucky and Michigan do? I only propose 2 home dates for the higher seed . I dont think that is out of line . i think politics and envelopes with money are involved with the Ohio way of this playoff system.
• Thinthickbigred

  Cant I get anybody on board with me? Its not a Big Red thing. That is not my intention . My argument is purely about the playoff system . Pretend I am a Edison fan if you like . My idea would be fair to all teams that do really well in reg season
• Viking

  No.
• Darkon

  

  Hey leave Edison out of it. LOL
  I understand your point and I still like the 1 game. I still think they can do a better job on the neutral sites though.
• bridgeport

  I would want 2 play in ST.C
• Thinthickbigred

  status quo is what your going to keep getting . and when the playoffs arive and Steubenville gets to travel to Canton to play Canal fulton northwest again evem though they are an 8 seed thats fine .. Too many teams are in the field as it is . I love football so Im used to it now . @ Viking do you see any flaws in the present format?
• Thinthickbigred

  bridgeport;515792 wrote:I would want 2 play in ST.C

  
  TY finnaly . If you are the higher seed and you guys beat Shadyside or vice versa and then have to play a Newark Catholic team in the second round ,you know what the state is going to do .... They are going to put your game 20 minutes from Newark and 1/12 hours from you guys even though your the higher seed . Bridgeport Ill be pulling for you all the way and I hope you get a game at Harding . I think you got a great shot at getting to the finals against Delphos St Johns .
• Hogger53

  One week is more than enough, quite frankly, no home field advantage. The computer system is for crap, especially for the smaller divisions. Just ask the MAC schools who beat each other up and get the shaft when it comes to computer points.
  I've seen many 8th seed teams go far in the region, just happened last year with St Henry. Thank god they even went to an 8 team region, or they would have never made the playoffs, and that epic 4 OT thriller with Coldwater would of never happened.
• bigkahuna

  In Michigan, there are 5 playoff games (Pre-District, District Finals, Regional Finals, Semi Finals, State Finals), so it's pretty much like ours just with different wording.
  
  The first 3 games are Home Games. The State Semi Finals are at a neutral site, and the Finals are held at Ford Field.
• Con_Alma

  One home game is plenty.
  
  Some playoff qualifiers do not have field turf. Playing 5 regular season home games, a playoff game and any other varsity soccer, JV soccer, freshman football games plus any scrimmages on a natural turf field isn't going to make for an ideal setting for a round two playoff game. It's why the OHSAA requires turf for remaining playoff* games.
  
  OHSAA can only use the facilities that volunteer to host a playoff game for "neutral sites". What might not seem to be the most neutral is often the best available.
• Viking

  I think that 1 home game is plenty. It should be played at the school's homefield unless the field isn't safe. For example, Buchtel has a small homefield. I don't think that they should have to play on another firld in the first round. All neutral site games starting with the 3rd round should be on turf rather than grass because of the weather and damage to the grass surface.
• riders1

  

  Con_Alma;515988 wrote:One home game is plenty.
  
  Some playoff qualifiers do not have field turf. Playing 5 regular season home games, a playoff game and any other varsity soccer, JV soccer, freshman football games plus any scrimmages on a natural turf field isn't going to make for an ideal setting for a round two playoff game. It's why the OHSAA requires turf for remaining playoff* games.
  
  OHSAA can only use the facilities that volunteer to host a playoff game for "neutral sites". What might not seem to be the most neutral is often the best available.

  
  Yes, 1 is plenty, neutral and central the rest of the way.